submitted photos • A lifelong passion for gardening began when 103-year-old Josephine Zeug was a girl working on her parent’s farm in Little Canada. After marrying and moving to North St. Paul, she continued gardening both on her own property on Margaret Street and on her parents new property down the road. She’s seen in her garden in the early 2000s.

Josephine Zeug, who is likely the oldest person in North St. Paul, celebrated her 103rd birthday with cake and ice cream at home with her two sons and her granddaughter on Jan. 20.

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, who represents the Fourth Congressional District and whose political career began when she was a city council member in North St. Paul, held a town hall meeting at North High School on Feb. 1.

file photo • After the Roseville City Council balked last year at the cost of renovating the space the city leases for its License Center, on Jan. 29 the council approved a purchase agreement to buy the strip mall where the center is located for $2.3 million.

Roseville Area High School students got a taste of the Super Bowl excitement when the Professional Athletes Foundation (PAF) hosted its second annual “Smocks and Jocks: Painting with the Pros” community event at RAHS on Feb. 2.